cheek

Example Sentences

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Pecking Lee on the cheek, Mann relished the big-arena rock moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

"We can't just keep taking blows, turning the other cheek, taking more blows, and then turning the other cheek again," she added.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Her face remained impassive even as tears formed and began to travel down her cheek.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

A fragment from a much larger painting, it shows a severe Mary with the small hand of the Christ Child tenderly grazing her cheek.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Shifting the jawbreaker from one cheek to the other, I leaned back and said, “Grandpa, you were going to tell me how we’re going to catch those monkeys.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls